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190: Your Healthcare Voice (Part 2): Emergency Medical Orders

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In this second episode of their comprehensive healthcare planning series, Absolute Trust Talk hosts Kirsten Howe and Ariana Flynn tackle the critical medical orders that work alongside your legal documents: DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders and POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) forms. Unlike the legal documents discussed in Part 1, these are doctors' orders that emergency responders must follow—but only if they can see them. The attorneys reveal the shocking legal reality that paramedics are required to perform CPR on anyone they find unconscious unless they have a valid DNR order in hand. They explain why POLST forms are printed on hot pink paper (it's a genius design for emergency visibility), where to keep these life-saving documents so they're accessible when seconds count, and why you need both medical orders AND legal documents working together. This episode could save your life by ensuring your emergency medical wishes are honored when you can't speak for yourself.

Time-stamped Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) explained - emergency medical protective orders for EMS

2:33 Who can sign DNR orders, and how they become part of your medical record

3:25 The paramedic dilemma - why emergency responders MUST perform CPR unless they see a DNR

4:28 The "lying on the sidewalk" scenario that reveals the shocking legal requirement

5:00 Why your DNR needs to be accessible - it's not tattooed on your forehead

5:45 Where to get DNR forms and the California Medical Association resource

5:58 POLST forms explained - going beyond DNR with comprehensive medical orders

8:21 Real-world POLST placement in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities

8:54 Why these are doctors' orders, not legal documents, attorneys can prepare

9:15 The essential combination - why you need DNR, POLST, AND healthcare directives working together

  continue reading

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In this second episode of their comprehensive healthcare planning series, Absolute Trust Talk hosts Kirsten Howe and Ariana Flynn tackle the critical medical orders that work alongside your legal documents: DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders and POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) forms. Unlike the legal documents discussed in Part 1, these are doctors' orders that emergency responders must follow—but only if they can see them. The attorneys reveal the shocking legal reality that paramedics are required to perform CPR on anyone they find unconscious unless they have a valid DNR order in hand. They explain why POLST forms are printed on hot pink paper (it's a genius design for emergency visibility), where to keep these life-saving documents so they're accessible when seconds count, and why you need both medical orders AND legal documents working together. This episode could save your life by ensuring your emergency medical wishes are honored when you can't speak for yourself.

Time-stamped Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) explained - emergency medical protective orders for EMS

2:33 Who can sign DNR orders, and how they become part of your medical record

3:25 The paramedic dilemma - why emergency responders MUST perform CPR unless they see a DNR

4:28 The "lying on the sidewalk" scenario that reveals the shocking legal requirement

5:00 Why your DNR needs to be accessible - it's not tattooed on your forehead

5:45 Where to get DNR forms and the California Medical Association resource

5:58 POLST forms explained - going beyond DNR with comprehensive medical orders

8:21 Real-world POLST placement in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities

8:54 Why these are doctors' orders, not legal documents, attorneys can prepare

9:15 The essential combination - why you need DNR, POLST, AND healthcare directives working together

  continue reading

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